Undergarment



H. L. REDMOND. UNDERGARMENT. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2, I921.

Patented Apr. 25,1922.

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"Be? it known thatfI, HARRIET I Mono, a citizenof theUnited States, and a resident of Boston, in the county of Sufiolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in, Undergarments, of which the following description, inconnec- .tion with the accompanying drawings, isa specification, like characters'on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to undergarments and particularly to knitted undershirts for infants and children. V 7 7 y In order that the principle of the invention may be readily understood, I have disclosed a single embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawing wherein- Fig. 1 isafront elevation of a garment constructed in accordance with my invenio 2 is a vertical section upon 2 2 of Fig.1; i Fig. Bfis a detail of the lower meeting ends of adjacent. tapes; and," I, Fig. 4t is a side view orelevation of the garment, but representing the same; ,as formed of av single piece;

"The undergarment 1 1s the line be embodied in a union undergarment. De-

sirably, however, the garment ris ais hirt of knitted material, the wales thereof running lengthwise or longitudinally of the fabric 'The garment may be formed of a single piece, being knitted as a tube, but I havev herein represented the same'as formed of two straight pieces seamedtogether along the sides,.as indicated at f22 in Fig. 1. The said garment is shown as provided with shoulder straps 8 which desirably are integral with the body of the garment, there being a suitable overseaming or some other suitable formation along the upper and lower edges of the garment, as indicated at 4--4, and along the edges of the shoulder pieces, as indicated at 5-5, to prevent ravels ling. The garment thus far described is very highly elastic. V 1

The garment-is provided with means for attaching a diaper or like member thereto. I

posedl broadly to employa supporting tape LYoNs RnD- preferably shirt, thoughmy invention withinjits scopelmay' disclosed, howevenfhas been foundqin Specification of Letters Patent. A r; 25

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practice to be highly efiicient and possesses 1 certainadvantages wh ch I will point out hereinafter. 1 I provide a pair of tapes 6, 7 which are sewed or-otherwise secured to the body along the ed-gesf8.8-of the tapes "by, some relatively elastic stitch. The tapes 6,7 are themselvespreferably of knitted material, the ,wales thereof extending longitudinally of the fabric. If desired thefsaid tapes may beoflslightly less-elasticity than the body 1'.

I have found thatsuperimposing a somewhat elastic tape and securing it, to the elastic body 1 results in a. structure wherein the component; parts are not liable to be torn apart, or topull unduly uponeach other, because of materially different degrees of elasticity. The said tapes 6, 'Z at front and back 1 are continued down about to the point indigcated and are at the lower ends positioned parallel, as indicated at 9, 10, and as shown more inx de tail Fig. their tips are folded transversely upon themselves, so as to provide tabs to which a diaper or ,nap-

kin may be pinned or otherwise secured, If des1red and *as shown, at the front of he ar en th tapes .6, may at thei lower ends be united, at their meeting edges,

so as to form a single tab 9, andthe same structure'may be employed at the back thus forming a singletab 10 .at the back,

or if desired the tapes 6, .7 maybe so cut from the material, from which they are made that a single {wide tab 9 is presented at thefront, and asingle wide tab 10 at the back, the. said tabs being integral from the outer edge of the-tape, 6 totheu outer edge of-thetape 7 The said tabs'are adapted to receive a safety pin or other attaching device forthe diaper or napkin. If desired, the tapes 6, 7 mayiextend entirely over the shoulders of the garment overlying I the shoulder pieces 5,5, but'in certain cases I have found that this makes too heavy or. solid a construction, and in those cases I preferably terminate the"garment 1 along the lines of its upper edge 4, and'employthe upper parts of the tapes 6,7 as shoulder straps. In this way, the shoulder pieces are themselves of a single'thickness, and:'yet

V tapes 6, 7 are themselves formed of knitted or other suflijciently elastic material.

Ifthe wales ofthe knitted body l-extend longitudinally of the garment, then desirably the wales of the tapes 6,7, when knitted extend in the same; direction. Conversely if the wales of the knitted body 1 extend trans-- versely of the garment,then the wales of the tapes 6, ,7 would extend desirably trans versely of the garment." V

Desirably the shoulder pieces 5, 5, if, em-

plofye'd, and the portions ofthe tapes 6, 7,

extending over 'the shoulders, are formed with longer inner edges than outer edges, as

, stitutingmeans whereby stockings or other parts may besecured, The. said tapes 11, 12 desirably extend down both the front and back ofthe garment at the inclination represented in Fig. 1, asshown more clearly in Fig.4, so that at the lower ends the frontand back portions of the tapes meet to form the sai d tabs 13, 14, which are thus positioned at, the sides of the garment, in convenient n position for receiving the upper ends of stockings or other parts.- Desirably and as clearly shown in Fig. 1, the tapes 6, 7, 12, 13 conform in position .and shape to the described shape of the shoulder pieces 5,5, thus cooperating therewith to causeT-said shoulder pieces to cling in place;

It is not essential that all the tapes extend over the shoulders, and if desired either the tapes 6, 7 or the tapes'11,'12 may terminate at I theu-pper edgeof the'garment.

6, Having thus described one'illustrati ve ,o embodiment of my invention, I'des-ire it to he understood that althongh' specific. terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense and not for purposes of set forth in the following claims.

Claims. V V 1'. A knitted undergarment having knitted tapes secured to the outer face thereofand' extending substantially lengthwise of the limitation, the scope of the invention being garment, the wales of the garment and the walesof the tapes all'extending longitudinally of the garment, whereby the garment and the tapes stretch substantially evenly and without tendency of being torn apart,

said "knitted tapes having their lower ends extending in parallelism without superposition but in proximity and having their tips folded upon themselves, thereby to provide integral reinforced elastic terminal tabs protruding'from the garmentfor the attachment of a diaper or the like. 7

2. A knitted undergarment having-the wales thereof extending longitudinally'an d having shoulder-pieces, said garment having attached to the outer'face thereof knitted front and rear tapes 6, 7, and knitted side tapes 11, 12, whereof the wales extend longitudi-nall-y,'at least one of said tapes extending. over each shoulder piece, said front and rear tapes and said side tapes having their lower ends extending in parallelism and in proximity but without superposition and having their tips folded transversely upon themselves, thereby to provide integral elastic terminal tabs 9, 10, 13, 14, protruding at front, rear and sides-of the garment respec- Iti-vel I p In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification. HARRIET LYONS REDMOND. 

